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phărē^tra , ae, f., = φαρέτρα.
I. Lit., a quiver for holding arrows (poet. and late Lat.): “succinctam pharetrā,” Verg. A. 1, 323: “nec venenatis gravida sagittis, Fusce, pharetra,” Hor. C. 1, 22, 3: “pharetram solvere,” to undo, open, Ov. M. 5, 379: “venatricis puellae (Dianae),” Juv. 13, 80: “in pharetrā suā abscondit me,” Vulg. Isa. 49, 2; Verg. G. 2, 125; Prop. 2, 9, 10; Ov. P. 4, 13, 38; id. Am. 3, 9, 7; Val. Fl. 3, 607; Stat. Th. 4, 259 al.—
II. Transf., a kind of sundial in the form of a quiver, Vitr. 9, 8, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Old Testament, Isaiah, 49.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.323
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.125
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 9.8.1
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.379
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3.607
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.13
    • Statius, Thebias, 4
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